BILL NUMBER: SB 2127	CHAPTERED  09/29/00

	CHAPTER   868
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 28, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 27, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 15, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 8, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 10, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Schiff and Assembly Member Hertzberg

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2127, Schiff.   Drinking water:  hexavalent chromium:  study.
   Existing law makes various provisions for the prevention of
disease and the promotion of health, and imposes various requirements
on the State Department of Health Services in this regard.
   This bill would require the department to determine the levels of
hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) in the drinking water supplied by
the public water systems in the San Fernando Basin aquifer and, in
consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment, assess the exposures and risks to the public due to the
levels of hexavalent chromium determined.  The bill would require the
department to report its findings to the Governor and the
Legislature, no later than January 1, 2002.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The State Department of Health Services shall do all of
the following:
   (a) Determine the levels of hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) in
the drinking water supplied by the public water systems in the San
Fernando Basin aquifer.
   (b) In consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment, assess the exposures and risks to the public due to the
levels of hexavalent chromium determined pursuant to subdivision (a).

   (c) Report its findings pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) to
the Governor and the Legislature, no later than January 1, 2002.
